Elmer Rice
This highly amusing comedy, by the author of Street Scene, deals with the romance of an American heiress who, having married a Russian Prince in order to stop his blackmailing her sister, flees to Sorrento to escape him. A very entertaining picture of Americans on the Continent, combined with high adventure and political intrigue. Well described as a "comic opera without music," a carefree extravaganza, and an enchanting farce.
Elmer Rice (born Sept. 28, 1892, New York City—died May 8, 1967, Southampton, Hampshire, Eng.) was an American playwright, director, and novelist noted for his innovative and polemical plays. Rice graduated from the New York Law School in 1912 but soon turned to writing plays ...
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